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May 2010
Crime is dropping throughout much of the country, but statistics show that one category of violence is bucking the trend: murder.Some of the nation's largest cities-New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia-are reporting slight...
11
May 2010
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's financial rescue plan for the coming year may soon boil down to the following question: When does it become too expensive to lay people off?
The mayor's plan for erasing a $485-million budget gap...
11
May 2010
Talk about downplaying expectations.
No specifics are out yet on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised plan to balance the state budget. But Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear offered two salient details today: There will be no tax hikes...
11
May 2010
The budget roller coaster at Los Angeles City Hall took another sharp turn on Tuesday, with the City Council's top policy analyst calling for the elimination of 1,000 jobs on top of the 761 targeted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in his...